coven

[ kuhv-uhn, koh-vuhn ]

/ ˈkʌv ən, ˈkoʊ vən /

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noun

an assembly of witches, especially a group of thirteen.

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Origin of coven

1500–10 for sense “assembly”; 1655–65 for current sense; variant of obsolete covent assembly, religious group, convent

Words nearby coven

covariate, Covarrubias, cove, cove lighting, covellite, coven, covenant, covenantee, covenanter, Covenant of the League of Nations, covenantor

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How to use coven in a sentence

She’s actually thousands of years old, and during the Salem Witch Trials she turned a bunch of her coven members over to the Puritans to cull the weak witches, arguing the strongest would survive attempts to burn them at the stake.
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Americans recognize less and less of themselves on TV, and Congress is typically portrayed as a coven of extremism.
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Kathy Bates was really good on American Horror Story: Coven.
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Guggenheim pulled the confirmed bachelor into her coven of beatnik friends.
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On American Horror Story: Coven, Jessica Lange plays a drunk witch.
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But Coven is also groundbreaking in ways, at least at this point in its run, that it may not be receiving credit for.
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He nodded, and followed the priest and the worshipers into the main part of the Coven.
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At the far end of the block he could see the tiny red light of the Coven.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
His nearest shelter now was the Wee Coven, about half a mile away.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
But he kept on crawling, and at last he reached the door of the Coven.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
Helen Fraser, of the same “coven,” was a most dangerous witch.
Witch Stories|E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

British Dictionary definitions for coven

coven

/ (ˈkʌvən) /

noun

a meeting of witches

a company of 13 witches

Word Origin for coven

C16: probably from Old French covin group, ultimately from Latin convenīre to come together; compare convent

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